Workshop program

Sunday - 13.10.2019
19:00	21:00	Welcoming glass of wine and registration

Monday - 14.10.2019
8:30	Registration desk open
9:00	9:10	Opening Address
Session 1: Vertically Emitting Lasers I
9:10	9:50	J. Guenter	Finisar Corporation, USA	Invited	A short long VCSEL history
9:50	10:05	M. Gębski	Lodz University of Technology, Poland	Contributed	Progress in Monolithic High-Contrast Grating Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers
10:05	10:20	J. Muszalski	Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Electron Technology, Poland	Contributed	Peculiar emission properties of MECSEL
10:20	10:35	M. Marciniak	Technische Universität Berlin, Germany	Contributed	Monolithic High Contrast Gratings as highly reflective mirrors for VCSEL applications
10:35	10:50	M. Wasiak	Lodz University of Technology, Poland	Contributed	Numerical model for impedance in semiconductor lasers
10:50	11:05	E. Pruszyńska-Karbownik	Lodz University of Technology, Poland	Contributed	Impact of oxidation parameters on electrical modulation properties of GaAs-based VCSEL-s
Coffee break
Session 2: Novel materials and designs I
11:30	12:10	J. Pan	Chinese Academy of Sciences, China	Invited	Two-dimensional Large-angle Scanning Optical Phased Array with Single Wavelength Beam
12:10	12:25	J. Suffczyński	University of Warsaw, Poland	Contributed	Triple threshold lasing from a photonic trap in a Te/Se-based optical microcavity embedding a single quantum well
12:25	12:40	H. Teisseyre	Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland	Contributed	Towards a new laser application of (MgZn)O/MgO based quantum structures
12:40	12:55	L. Frasunkiewicz	Lodz University of Technology, Poland	Contributed	Mixing of transverse modes in VCSELs with vertically coupled-cavities and Parity-Time symmetry breaking of mixed modes
12:55	13:10	H. Mączko	Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland	Contributed	Strain Engineering of Material Gain Coefficient in a GeSn/SiGeSn Quantum Wells
Lunch break
Session 3: Nitride Lasers
14:10	14:25	G. Muzioł	Institute of High Pressure Physics "Unipress", PAS, Warsaw, Poland	Contributed	Optical properties of III-nitride laser diodes with wide InGaN quantum wells
14:25	14:40	S. Stanczyk	Institute of High Pressure Physics "Unipress", PAS, Warsaw, Poland	Contributed	(Al,In)GaN Distributed Feedback Laser Diode
14:40	14:55	S. Grzanka	Institute of High Pressure Physics "Unipress", PAS, Warsaw, Poland	Contributed	Beyond the comfort zone: challenges for nitride laser diodes below 400 nm and above 470 nm
14:55	15:10	K. Gibasiewicz	Institute of High Pressure Physics "Unipress", PAS, Warsaw, Poland	Contributed	Towards integrated on wafer InGaN laser diodes
Coffee break
15:30	15:45	M. Chlipała	Institute of High Pressure Physics "Unipress", PAS, Warsaw, Poland	Contributed	Low temperature study of inverted nitride light emitting devices
15:45	16:00	M. Hajdel	Institute of High Pressure Physics "Unipress", PAS, Warsaw, Poland	Contributed	Influence of InGaN waveguide on injection efficiency in III-nitride laser diodes
16:00	16:15	A. Bojarska	Institute of High Pressure Physics "Unipress", PAS, Warsaw, Poland	Contributed	Dislocation related nonradiative recombination in InGaN laser diodes
16:15	16:30	K. Nowakowski-Szkudlarek	Institute of High Pressure Physics "Unipress", PAS, Warsaw, Poland	Contributed	Optimization of p-type contacts to InGaN-based LDs and LEDs grown by plasma assisted molecular beam epitaxy
Poster session
16:30	18:30	Poster session

Tuesday - 15.10.2019
Session 4: Novel materials and designs II
9:00	9:40	J. Koeth	Nanoplus GmbH, Germany	Invited	NIR and MIR Lasers and their use in sensing applications
9:40	9:55	M. Motyka	Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland	Contributed	The interface importance in different types of mid infrared emitters
9:55	10:10	Z. Wang	ETH Zurich, Switzerland	Contributed	Large Area Surface-Emitting Photonic Crystal Quantum Cascade Laser
10:10	10:25	E. Rogowicz	Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland	Contributed	Optical properties and carrier dynamics in GaSbBi(In)/GaSb quantum wells for laser applications in the 1.9-2.5 μm spectral range
10:25	10:40	E. Semenova	Technical University of Denmark, Denmark	Contributed	MOVPE of InAs/InP quantum dots operating at 1550 nm for photonics applications
10:40	10:55	M. Syperek	Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland	Contributed	Optical properties of InAs/InP quantum dots grown via selective area droplet epitaxy assisted by block-copolymer lithography
Coffee break
Session 5: Vertically Emitting Lasers II
11:20	12:00	J. Lott	Technical University of Berlin, Germany	Invited	VCSELs and small VCSEL arrays for communication and sensing
12:00	12:15	N. Haghighi	Technical University of Berlin, Germany	Contributed	Triple 980 nm VCSEL arrays
12:15	12:30	M. Gębski	Lodz University of Technology, Poland	Contributed	Temperature Stable 980 nm Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers for Optical Communication
12:30	12:45	A. K. Sokół	Lodz University of Technology, Poland	Contributed	Transparent grating contacts for vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers
12:45	13:00	W. Głowadzka	Lodz University of Technology, Poland	Contributed	Observation of high quality factor Fano resonance in subwavelength gratings
13:00	13:15	M. Marciniak	Lodz University of Technology, Poland	Contributed	Impact of top mirror on VCSEL performance
Lunch break
Session 6: Applications of Semiconductor Lasers
14:15	14:55	G. Wysocki	Princeton University, USA	Invited	Dual-comb spectroscopy and hyperspectral imaging with quantum- and interband-cascade frequency combs
14:55	15:10	P. Kluczyński	Airoptic, Poland	Contributed	Multi-laser in-situ analyzer for real time control of deSOx and deNOx processes in a waste incinerator plant
15:10	15:25	M. Nikodem	Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland	Contributed	Quantum Cascade Lasers and Hollow Core Fibers – Towards Integration and Size Reduction in the Mid-Infrared Systems
14:25	15:40	M. Singleton	ETH Zurich, Switzerland	Contributed	Compressed Pulses from a Mid-IR QCL Comb
15:40	15:55	J. Wojtas	Military University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland	Contributed	Low noise photoreceivers for trace gas detection techniques
15:55	16:10	F. Kapsalidis	ETH Zurich, Switzerland	Contributed	RF-Enhanced Waveguide Quantum Cascade Laser Frequency Combs
Conference dinner
20:00	Dinner on a boat

Wednesday - 16.10.2019
Session 7: Vertically Emitting Lasers III
10:00	10:40	D. Cohen	University of California, Santa Barbara, USA	Invited	Polarized blue InGaN VCSELs and Monolithic VECSELs
10:40	10:55	P. Śpiewak	Lodz University of Technology, Poland	Contributed	Computer Modeling of Nitride VCSELs
10:55	11:10	N. Fiuczek	Institute of High Pressure Physics "Unipress", PAS, Warsaw, Poland	Contributed	Nanoporous DBRs – towards monolithic nitride VCSELs
11:10	11:25	A. Brejnak	Lodz University of Technology, Poland	Contributed	Spectrally resolved modes in real-world VCSELs with irregular shapes of broad oxide-confined apertures
11:25	11:40	S. Grzempa	Lodz University of Technology, Poland	Contributed	Parameter optimization of quantum-cascade VCSELs
Coffee break
Session 8: Quantum Cascade Lasers
12:00	12:40	A. Albo	Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel	Invited	Towards Room Temperature Operation of Terahertz Quantum Cascade Lasers: Carrier Leakage Engineering as a Novel Design Concept
12:40	12:55	K. Pierściński	Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Electron Technology, Poland	Contributed	Monolithic, optically-coupled, multi-section mid-IR quantum cascade lasers
12:55	13:10	M. Badura	Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland	Contributed	Challenges of MOVPE growth of quantum cascade lasers
13:10	13:25	P. Gutowski	Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Electron Technology, Poland	Contributed	Optimization of MBE Growth Conditions of InP-based quantum cascade lasers
13:25	13:40	M. Shahmohammadi	ETH Zurich, Switzerland	Contributed	Exceptional Point in Distributed Feedback Quantum Cascade Lasers
13:40	13:55	D. Pierścińska	Łukasiewicz Research Network – Institute of Electron Technology, Poland	Contributed	Influence of design variations on QCL performance
13:55	Closing remarks
14:00	Farewell lunch